PARIS—Pre-revolutionary Russia teemed with hereditary princes. The dramatis personae of War and Peace lists a dozen but there were hundreds more, not to mention counts and barons, most of them materially entitled as well as nominally … » Read

To hear the leadership of the Minnesota Orchestra (MO) tell it, an $8.8m operating deficit for the 2019 fiscal year, the largest in the organization’s history, is nothing to worry about. President and CEO Michelle Miller Burns characterized … » Read

Pianist Angela Hewitt has been brilliantly plying her trade since the 1980s, but 2020 appears to be the year in which she is properly lauded. On June 2, 2020 she will receive the Wigmore Medal, which recognizes major international personalities … » Read

The Grand Teton Music Festival’s Board of Directors has voted to re-invite Kristen Linfante, Juan de Gomar, and Jennifer Ross, the three musicians it “dis-invited” for their openly expressed disagreements with management. At the … » Read

Cecilia Bartoli is to become the first woman to run the Monte-Carlo Opera. Her appointment was announced today by Princess Caroline, who serves as chair of the board of directors.   Bartoli will still be “free to continue her work as a … » Read

After an eight-year tenure, Sakurako Fisher will step down as president of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in December of 2020. Priscilla B. Geeslin, a member of the orchestra’s board since 1995, will succeed her. During her tenure, Fisher … » Read

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has selected the Canadian stage director Julie McIsaac as its inaugural director/dramaturg-in-residence at the COC Academy, its professional development program. McIsaac, a seasoned stage director, dramaturg, … » Read

A film director, dressed in jeans, a hoody, and a blazer, paces the stage. The wings are exposed. Freestanding lights frame the dancers, posed in a tableau. The director circles the group, opening and closing a clapperboard. With each click, a … » Read

British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor was 11 when he won the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the Year and a mere 19 when he made his Proms debut playing Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto, thrilling the crowd with Morton Gould’s Boogie Woogie … » Read

Here’s a shocker: When asked to name a classical composer they knew, 46 percent of Americans could not come up with a single one, according to a recent survey conducted by polling company YouGov and published by Primephonic . Among … » Read